outpatient

noun, often attributive

out·pa·tient | \ ˈau̇t-ˌpā-shənt

Definition of outpatient

: a patient who is not hospitalized overnight but who visits a hospital, clinic, or associated facility for diagnosis or treatment — compare inpatient

Examples of outpatient in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Last year, about 1,000 people in the program got in-patient treatment and around 30,400 got outpatient treatment, according to program statistics. — David B. Caruso, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2021 The mother of two attends outpatient treatment and receives methadone as part of her continuing path to a a better life. — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 31 Aug. 2021 Nearly all outpatient mental health treatment moved online when the pandemic struck last year. — Andrea Petersen, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2021 The nonprofit social services organization plans to move a children’s outpatient clinic and early intervention home visitation program to the 32,000 square-foot space, located at 450 Church St. — Isabella Chan, courant.com, 13 Aug. 2021 In New York, the number of monthly Medicaid outpatient clinic claims increased 22% from February to December 2020, as reported by OMH. — Dr. Adjoa Smalls-mantey, ABC News, 30 June 2021 The clinic evolved out of Full Spectrum Health, an outpatient clinic serving the LGBTQ+ community that Wiese opened in 2017, which was for-profit. — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2021 The group was founded in 1966 as the Chandler Christian Community Center, an outpatient health clinic. — Ivana Venema-nunez, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2021 The outpatient clinic provided infusions of the treatment for those with mild to moderate COVID-19 cases. — Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2021

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“Outpatient.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outpatient. Accessed 19 Sep. 2021.

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outpatient

noun

English Language Learners Definition of outpatient

: a person who goes to a doctor's office or hospital for treatment but who does not spend the night there

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outpatient

noun

out·pa·tient | \ ˈau̇t-ˌpā-shənt

Medical Definition of outpatient

: a patient who is not hospitalized overnight but who visits a hospital, clinic, or associated facility for diagnosis or treatment — compare inpatient